Colorado · Private foundation
Sciarra Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $60k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Sciarra Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $515k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $40k | 80% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $515k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $295k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American Independent Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lifemoves | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Education Law Center Inc | $120,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Bell Policy Center | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Gofundmeorg | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oshman Family Jewish Community Center | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Education Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anderson County Arts Council | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jewish Resource Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American Independent Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lifemoves | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Education Law Center Inc | $120,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Bell Policy Center | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Gofundmeorg | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oshman Family Jewish Community Center | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Education Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anderson County Arts Council | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jewish Resource Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Aspen Country Day School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Buddy Program Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspen Jewish Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sciarra Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sciarra Foundation
- How much does Sciarra Foundation give?
- Sciarra Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Sciarra Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (45%), Housing & Shelter (13%), Education (13%).
- Who are Sciarra Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The American Independent Foundation ($500k), Lifemoves ($150k), Education Law Center Inc ($120k).
- Does Sciarra Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sciarra Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sciarra Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Sciarra Foundation based?
- Sciarra Foundation is based in CO.
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